Food safety may be more at the top of consumers’ minds than ever before. But even with the safest facilities, training, and equipment, accidents still happen.
Frank Yiannas, vice-president of food safety for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has theorized that the missing element may be human behavior. His 2009 book, Food Safety Culture: Creating a Behavior-Based Food Safety Management System describes food safety as a frame of mind that must be psychologically established amongst employees.
Yiannas’ latest book, Food Safety = Behavior, culls from hundreds of behavioral science studies to present 30 concepts food companies can use to instill a culture of safety compliance throughout their organizations.